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This Day In Rock History: May 12th



1972 The Rolling Stones released Exile On Main Street, the second album on their own label. The double set featured two hit singles, 'Tumbling Dice' and 'Happy'. In 2003, the album was ranked No. 7 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the highest of any Stones album on the list.

1975 Jefferson Starship gave a free concert in New York's Central Park in front of 60,000 fans. The band and concert sponsor, WNEW-FM, were forced to pay $14,000 for cleaning up and damage done to the park after the event.

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1951 The number one record on America's R&B chart was a song called "Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats. Many Rock historians say that this was the first true Rock and Roll record. Although Brenston sang, played sax and is credited as composer, 'His Delta Cats' were actually Ike Turner And His Kings of Rhythm.

1962 Billboard magazine reports that last year's most-played jukebox record was "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean. The second most-played was Chubby Checker's "The Twist".

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1945 Ian McLagan (keyboardist for The Small Faces, The Faces) is born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England.

1948 Steve Winwood (of Traffic, Blind Faith and The Spencer Davis Group) is born in Handsworth, Birmingham, England.

1950 John "Jocko" Marcellino (of Sha Na Na) is born in Quincy, Massachusetts.

1950 Rocker Billy Squier is born in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

1959 Ray Gillen (of Black Sabbath, Badlands) is born in New York City, but raised in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.

1961 Billy Duffy (guitarist for The Cult) is born in Hulme, Manchester, England.

1962 Brett Gurewitz (original guitarist for Bad Religion) is born in Los Angeles, California.

1967 The Rolling Stones release Exile On Main Street, a landmark double album recorded primarily at a villa in France, where the group is living to avoid British taxes (they are "tax exiles," thus the album name).

1967 Procol Harum release "A Whiter Shade Of Pale."

1969 Martin Lamble, drummer for Fairport Convention, dies at age 19 when the band's van crashes on the way home from a gig in Birmingham, England. Bandmate Richard Thompson's girlfriend, Jeannie Franklyn, is also killed.

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A few albums that was released....



1971 ● Weather Report —— Weather Report ► Jazz-Rock Fusion

1992 ● The Black Crowes —— The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion ► Southern Rock

1998 ● Soul Asylum —— Candy From A Stranger ► Alt. Pop-Rock

2003 ● Robert Palmer —— Drive ► Blue-Eyed Soul

2008 ● Iron Maiden —— Somewhere Back In Time: The Best of: 1980-1989 ► Heavy Metal

2014 ● Blondie —— Blondie 4(0) Ever ► New Wave Pop-Rock


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1941 Rock and roll pioneer Ritchie Valens is born Richard Steven Valenzuela in Pacoima, California.

1947 Pete "Overend" Watts (bass guitarist for Mott the Hoople) is born in Yardley, Birmingham, England.

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A few albums that was released....


1968 ● Frank Zappa —— Lumpy Gravy ► Art Rock

1977 ● Roger Daltrey —— One Of The Boys ► Hard Rock

1980 ● Elton John —— 21 At 33 ► Pop-Rock

1985 ● Dire Straits —— Brothers In Arms ► Post-Punk Pop-Rock

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1998 American singer and actor Frank Sinatra died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles aged 82, after suffering a heart attack. Sinatra had his first hit in 1940, working in the Swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1953 film 'From Here to Eternity'. He went on to score over 25 Top 40 singles including the 1966 No.1 'Strangers In The Night'. His 1969 single 'My Way', re-entered the UK charts eight times and spent a total of 165 weeks on the UK chart.

2015 Blues singer, songwriter and guitarist B.B. King died in his sleep aged 89 from a series of small strokes caused by type 2 diabetes. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential blues guitarists of all time, Rolling Stone magazine placed him behind only Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman in its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.


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1976 33 year old Keith Relf, former lead singer for The Yardbirds, was electrocuted while tuning a guitar which was not properly grounded. The accident happened in his West London home where he was found by his eight year old son, still holding the plugged-in electric guitar. His voice can be heard on such British Invasion classics as "For Your Love", "Heart Full of Soul", "I Ain't Got You", and "Shapes of Things".

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1943 Derek Leckenby (lead guitarist for Herman's Hermits) is born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

1945 Gene Cornish (guitarist for The Rascals) is born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

1952 David Byrne (frontman for Talking Heads) is born in Dumbarton, Scotland.

1962 C.C. DeVille (of Poison) is born Bruce Anthony Johannesson in Brooklyn, New York.

1966 Mike Inez, bass player for Alice In Chains, is born in San Fernando, California.

2002 Rush release Vapor Trails, their 17th studio album and first since the deaths of Neil Peart's daughter and wife five years prior.

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A few albums that was released....


1969 ● Neil Young With Crazy Horse —— Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere ► Folk-Rock

1972 ● Rory Gallagher —— Live In Europe ► Blues-Rock

1977 ● Heart —— Little Queen ► Album Rock

1981 ● Peter Frampton —— Breaking All The Rules ► Arena Rock

1982 ● Eric Clapton —— Time Pieces: The Best Of Eric Clapton ► Blues-Rock

1984 ● Chicago —— Chicago 17 ► Jazz-Rock

1985 ● Supertramp —— Brother Where You Bound ► Prog/Art Rock

1996 ● Def Leppard —— Slang ► Hard Rock

2001 ● Scorpions —— Acoustica ► Heavy Metal/Kraut Rock

2002 ● Van Morrison —— Down The Road ► Folk-Rock


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